[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [破邪論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2109) › 1.19 # 破邪論 1.19 破邪論 1.19 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2109.1.19) 周書異記云。周昭王即位二十四年甲寅歲四月八日。江河泉池忽然汎漲。井水並皆溢出。宮殿人舍山川大地咸悉震動。其夜五色光氣入貫太微。遍於西方盡作青紅色。周昭王問太史蘇由曰。是何祥也。蘇由對曰。有大聖人生在西方。故現此瑞。昭王曰。於天下何如。蘇由曰。即時無他。一千年外聲教被及此土。昭王即遣。人鐫石記之。埋在南郊天祠前。當此之時。佛初生王宮也。穆王即位三十二年。見西方數有光氣。先聞蘇由所記。知西方有聖人處世。穆王不達其理。恐非周道所宜。即與相國呂侯西入。會諸侯於塗山。以攘光變。當此之時。佛久已處世。穆王五十二年壬申歲二月十五日平旦。暴風忽起發損人舍傷折樹木。山川大地皆悉震動。午後天陰雲黑。西方有白虹十二道。南北通過連夜不滅。穆王問太史扈多曰。是何徵也。扈多對曰。西方有聖人滅度。衰相現耳。穆王大悅曰。朕常懼於彼。今將滅度。朕何憂也。當此之時。佛入涅槃也。史錄曰商太宰嚭問於孔子曰。孰為聖人乎。孔子對曰。西方之人有聖者焉。不治而不亂。不言而自信。不化而自行。蕩蕩乎民無能名焉。 > The Zhoushu yiji states: 'On the eighth day of the fourth month in the twenty-fourth year of King Zhao of Zhou's reign, the year Jiayin, rivers, streams, springs, and pools suddenly flooded, and the waters of wells all overflowed. The palaces, human dwellings, mountains, rivers, and the great earth all shook. That night, a vapor of five-colored light penetrated through the Supreme Subtlety (Taiwei), and everywhere in the west it turned entirely blue and red. King Zhao of Zhou asked Grand Astrologer Su You: "What omen is this?" Su You replied: "A great sage has been born in the west; hence this auspicious omen has appeared." King Zhao asked: "What will become of All-under-Heaven?" Su You said: "At present there is nothing; a thousand years hence, the sound of his teaching will reach this land." King Zhao then sent men to engrave a stone to record it, burying it in front of the heavenly shrine in the southern suburbs. At this time, the Buddha had just been born in the royal palace. In the thirty-second year of King Mu's reign, he saw that there was frequently illuminated vapor in the west. Having previously heard of Su You's record, he knew that a sage was dwelling in the west. King Mu did not grasp its principle, and fearing it was unsuited to the Zhou way, he immediately went west with Chancellor Lord Lü, meeting the feudal lords at Mount Tu to ward off the anomalous light. At this time, the Buddha had already been dwelling in the world for a long time. In the fifty-second year of King Mu, the year Renshen, at dawn on the fifteenth day of the second month, a violent wind suddenly arose, tearing off and damaging human dwellings and snapping trees; mountains, rivers, and the great earth all shook. After noon, the sky clouded over black, and in the west there were twelve white rainbows extending from north to south, which did not fade through the night. King Mu asked Grand Astrologer Hu Duo: "What sign is this?" Hu Duo replied: "A sage in the west has passed into extinction; the signs of decline have merely manifested." King Mu was greatly pleased and said: "I have always feared him; now that he is about to pass into extinction, what worry do I have?" At this time, the Buddha entered nirvāṇa.' The Shilu states: 'Grand Chancellor Pi of Shang asked Confucius: "Who is a sage?" Confucius replied: "Among the people of the west there is a sage. He does not govern, yet there is no disorder; he does not speak, yet is naturally trusted; he does not transform, yet \[the way\] moves on its own. Vast and boundless! The people can find no name for him!"' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2109.1.18) - [Next: 1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2109.1.20) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2109.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2109~en-mt.1.19) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [釋迦方志](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.99) — 道宣, Classical Chinese - [唐護法沙門法琳別傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2051.2.15) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2109.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2109.1.19) · Pramāṇa